Jan-Ove Waldner

Where the 1697.2 rating comes from

From 55 matches played between 1 January 1983 and 1 May 2005, and from them alone. Every line below was written at computation time: nothing is recomputed to show this page.

How to read this

On the right: the change this match produced, then the value before → after. A line's arrival value is the next line's starting value, down to the starting rating given to every newcomer. A ±0.0 is a counted match that did not move the rating, a walkover for instance.

55 matches, from the most recent to the first

beaten by Vladimir Samsonov 0–4
01/05/05 · World Table Tennis Championships 2005 · Third round · detail
−15.81713.0 → 1697.2
beat Istvan Moldovan 4–2
30/04/05 · World Table Tennis Championships 2005 · Second round · detail
+6.31706.8 → 1713.0
beat Chou Tung-yu 4–0
29/04/05 · World Table Tennis Championships 2005 · First round · detail
+5.71701.0 → 1706.8
beaten by Wang Liqin 1–4
23/08/04 · Olympic Games 2004 · Gold medal match · detail
−15.81716.8 → 1701.0
beat Timo Boll 4–1
23/08/04 · Olympic Games 2004 · Quarterfinals · detail
+6.11710.7 → 1716.8
beaten by Ryu Seung Min 1–4
23/08/04 · Olympic Games 2004 · Semifinals · detail
−17.91728.6 → 1710.7
beat Ma Lin 4–1
23/08/04 · Olympic Games 2004 · Fourth round · detail
+7.91720.7 → 1728.6
23/08/04 · Olympic Games 2004 · Third round · detail
+5.01715.7 → 1720.7
beaten by Vladimir Samsonov 0–3
01/01/01 · World Table Tennis Championships 2001 · Round of 16 · detail
−16.61732.3 → 1715.7
beat Wei Qingguang 3–1
25/09/00 · Olympic Games 2000 · First round · detail
+6.31726.0 → 1732.3
25/09/00 · Olympic Games 2000 · Quarterfinals · detail
+8.11718.0 → 1726.0
beat Liu Guoliang 3–0
25/09/00 · Olympic Games 2000 · Semifinals · detail
+12.81705.1 → 1718.0
beaten by Kong Linghui 2–3
25/09/00 · Olympic Games 2000 · Gold medal match · detail
−15.31720.4 → 1705.1
25/09/00 · Olympic Games 2000 · Second round · detail
+7.41712.9 → 1720.4
beaten by Ma Lin 2–3
01/01/99 · World Table Tennis Championships 1999 · Semifinals · detail
−19.01731.9 → 1712.9
beat Kong Linghui 3–2
01/01/99 · World Table Tennis Championships 1999 · Quarterfinals · detail
+8.71723.3 → 1731.9
01/01/99 · World Table Tennis Championships 1999 · Round of 16 · detail
+5.31718.0 → 1723.3
beat Zoran Primorac 3–0
01/01/97 · World Table Tennis Championships 1997 · Round of 16 · detail
+7.51710.5 → 1718.0
beat Yan Sen 3–0
01/01/97 · World Table Tennis Championships 1997 · Semifinals · detail
+6.31704.2 → 1710.5
01/01/97 · World Table Tennis Championships 1997 · Final · detail
+8.31695.9 → 1704.2
01/01/97 · World Table Tennis Championships 1997 · Quarterfinals · detail
+9.51686.4 → 1695.9
beaten by Wenguan Johnny Huang 1–3
25/07/96 · Olympic Games 1996 · First round · detail
−18.71705.1 → 1686.4
beaten by Liu Guoliang 2–3
01/01/95 · World Table Tennis Championships 1995 · Round of 16 · detail
−18.81723.9 → 1705.1
beaten by Saive 0–3
01/01/93 · World Table Tennis Championships 1993 · Semifinals · detail
−19.31743.2 → 1723.9
beat Kim Taek-Soo 3–0
01/01/93 · World Table Tennis Championships 1993 · Quarterfinals · detail
+8.51734.7 → 1743.2
beat Dmitry Mazunov 3–2
01/01/93 · World Table Tennis Championships 1993 · Round of 16 · detail
+4.51730.3 → 1734.7
beat Kim Taek-Soo 3–0
06/08/92 · Olympic Games 1992 · Semifinals · detail
+9.21721.1 → 1730.3
06/08/92 · Olympic Games 1992 · Gold medal match · detail
+7.71713.4 → 1721.1
beat Jörg Roßkopf 3–1
05/08/92 · Olympic Games 1992 · Quarterfinals · detail
+8.51704.9 → 1713.4
beat Mourad Sta 2–0
31/07/92 · Olympic Games 1992 · Group B · detail
+2.61702.3 → 1704.9
beat Igor Solopov 2–0
31/07/92 · Olympic Games 1992 · Group B · detail
+5.31697.1 → 1702.3
beat Gang Hui-Chan 2–0
31/07/92 · Olympic Games 1992 · Group B · detail
+6.71690.4 → 1697.1
beat Carl Prean 3–0
30/07/92 · Olympic Games 1992 · First round · detail
+6.71683.7 → 1690.4
beaten by Persson 0–3
01/01/91 · World Table Tennis Championships 1991 · Final · detail
−16.21699.8 → 1683.7
beat Ma Wenge 3–1
01/01/91 · World Table Tennis Championships 1991 · Semifinals · detail
+6.11693.8 → 1699.8
beat Jörg Roßkopf 3–0
01/01/91 · World Table Tennis Championships 1991 · Round of 16 · detail
+7.71686.1 → 1693.8
01/01/91 · World Table Tennis Championships 1991 · Quarterfinals · detail
+6.01680.1 → 1686.1
beat Tibor Klampár 3–1
01/01/89 · World Table Tennis Championships 1989 · Quarterfinals · detail
+9.41670.6 → 1680.1
beat Persson 3–2
01/01/89 · World Table Tennis Championships 1989 · Final · detail
+6.71663.9 → 1670.6
beat Kiyoshi Saito 3–0
01/01/89 · World Table Tennis Championships 1989 · Round of 16 · detail
+8.71655.2 → 1663.9
beat Andrzej Grubba 3–1
01/01/89 · World Table Tennis Championships 1989 · Semifinals · detail
+10.91644.2 → 1655.2
beaten by Kim Ki-taik 2–3
30/09/88 · Olympic Games 1988 · Quarterfinals · detail
−12.61656.9 → 1644.2
beat Leszek Kucharski 3–2
29/09/88 · Olympic Games 1988 · First round · detail
+9.31647.5 → 1656.9
beat Xu Zengcai 3–2
24/09/88 · Olympic Games 1988 · Group B · detail
+10.11637.4 → 1647.5
beat Tonny Maringgi 3–0
24/09/88 · Olympic Games 1988 · Group B · detail
+7.61629.9 → 1637.4
24/09/88 · Olympic Games 1988 · Group B · detail
+15.21614.6 → 1629.9
beat Gilany Hosnani 3–0
24/09/88 · Olympic Games 1988 · Group B · detail
+13.21601.4 → 1614.6
beat Georg Böhm 3–0
24/09/88 · Olympic Games 1988 · Group B · detail
+23.01578.4 → 1601.4
beat Chih Chin-long 3–0
24/09/88 · Olympic Games 1988 · Group B · detail
+21.61556.8 → 1578.4
beat Barry Griffiths 3–0
24/09/88 · Olympic Games 1988 · Group B · detail
+20.21536.6 → 1556.8

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